Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 58, Issue 4West, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1899 - Natural history |
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Page 575
... intonjane dress “At dusk the girls return. The intonjane and her attendant gather firewood on the way home. When they come home the intonjane's hair is shaved. For a week she wears a handkerchief tied low over her forehead and a long ...
... intonjane dress “At dusk the girls return. The intonjane and her attendant gather firewood on the way home. When they come home the intonjane's hair is shaved. For a week she wears a handkerchief tied low over her forehead and a long ...
Page 672
... intonjane, by Xhosa and Thembu men at least, is the isidanga (Pl. 105:4, 5), a thick plain necklace, generally of one colour, of a single very long strand of beads twisted round the neck many times, and hanging to below the waist. It ...
... intonjane, by Xhosa and Thembu men at least, is the isidanga (Pl. 105:4, 5), a thick plain necklace, generally of one colour, of a single very long strand of beads twisted round the neck many times, and hanging to below the waist. It ...
Page 700
... intonjane 'The girl secluded is called intonjane, and she is not allowed to use any body paint during this time. As often as she likes, she washes herself with a decoction of ungqungu (Tambookie grass) roots in water. The decoction is ...
... intonjane 'The girl secluded is called intonjane, and she is not allowed to use any body paint during this time. As often as she likes, she washes herself with a decoction of ungqungu (Tambookie grass) roots in water. The decoction is ...
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Personal and general | 449 |
y K | 479 |
Ciskei coasts have changed some of the localities hitherto accepted in historical | 540 |
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